was it a boat or what?
2006-09-19 13:55:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
He led three ships. The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
Remember "Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred and ninety two!"
And here is a poem for you....
The Three Ships
The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria.
Three little ships from Spain,
Sailed over the seas, under skies so blue,
Sailed on through the wind and rain.
So brave was the captain,
So gallant his crew,
Their faith remained steadfast,
Till their goal came in view.
The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria,
Three little ships from Spain,
Inspired the later pioneers
Who settled on hill and plain,
So great was their labor,
Their courage so true,
That our mighty nation
From their striving grew!
Lillian W. Allard
2006-09-19 14:05:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They say that Christopher Columbus was the typical explorer.
When he left to discover America, he didn't know where he was going.
When he got there he didn't know where he was.
When he got home, he didn't know where he had been.
History gave him the credit anyway.
Before Chris made the trip, he went up to Ireland to research the documents of Saint Brendan, for navigational tips, after all, Saint Brendan had already crossed the ocean.
As soon as the Europeans were able to draw a complete map of North America, on the maps the Europeans drew the settlement of Fusang where British Columbia is today.
What is Fusang.
Hui Shen, a mendicant Gondaran who appeared in the court of the Emperor Wu Ti at Jingzhou in Southern Qi in 499 AD, detailed how he set up the colony Fusang across the wide oceans. That was Fuseng. Named after a plant from Mexico, not a plant known in China.
Why did the Europeans put it on the map? They were probably copying an earlier Chinese map and didn't realize the significance of what they did. They should have drawn their own map or at least not put in places they didn't have a clue about.
The Europeans had a complete map of the Americas in about 1700, the Chinese had one in 1428. Scholars don't accept.
Towns and areas in South America have Chinese names, the religions of South America are like Chinese religions, and Chinese relics are off the coast of California.
The oceans are a path not a wall.
No one walked across a land bridge to get to the Americas.
If these guys could cross the oceans, someone could before them, many, many years before.
2013-11-25 09:09:33 · answer #2 · answered by William 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was it a boat or what?
Go on, figure out the alternatives for yourself.
Consider what options you have now to make the journey, then consider yourself back then in the 1600's and consider those options.
Ok. Now, no more clues (other than 'he did not use the postal Service'). You have to figure it for yourself.
Sash
2006-09-19 21:06:36 · answer #3 · answered by sashtou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was a ship plus two more. they say he discovered America but he really discovered the west indies close to America in the Caribbean Ocean. so he was in an area which could be called America but not North America.
2006-09-19 21:19:35 · answer #4 · answered by betty boop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes he sailed there. I'm not even American and I know that! He got lost on the way to China or somewhere and found America by accident.
2006-09-19 20:58:21 · answer #5 · answered by the_fatmanwalksalone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now I am really scared for this country if kids aren't being told about the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
2006-09-19 20:58:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
he sailed over on 3 boats
2006-09-19 21:03:19 · answer #7 · answered by sailornika 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was on the space shuttle. Spain first launched theirs into space where he docked at the international space station. Then the U.S. sent up a shuttle and brought him down here to America.
2006-09-19 21:03:54 · answer #8 · answered by kbraut832 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Shannon K,
I'm with mustard100 answer to your question.
I'm also with curmudgeon answer on American Kids these days.
2006-09-19 21:16:27 · answer #9 · answered by Jessica A 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A boat was all they had back then.
2006-09-19 20:58:05 · answer #10 · answered by snowwwplowerrr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋